Add MS 27170 A collection of medical prescriptions taken from diverse sources.
Title
A collection of medical prescriptions taken from diverse sources.Funders
- The Polonsky Foundation
Call number
Add MS 27170(London, United Kingdom, British Library, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
British LibraryLanguage
HebrewOrigin
Between 1400 and 1499
Summary
A collection of medical prescriptions taken from diverse sources.
Notes
- Tidemarks.
- Usage stains.
- Folio 154r: the names of the signs of zodiac and seven planets in Hebrew and Latin.
- Folio 155v-156r: a list of books in a late Italian cursive script.
Extent
156 folios; 156 foliosSupport
PaperBinding
BM in-house. Spine: 'Sepher Rephuoth. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,170.'Layout
Script
Provenance
- Acquisition: Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 280: his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum 1841-1853: inscribed, folio [158v] (fse002v).
Related resources
- Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.
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